My shout on current form would be McCloskey , but his problem may be he appears to lack immediate acceleration which is preferred by Joe but to my mind Scannell does not appear to meet that requirement either .

McCloskey at least consistently breaches the gain line when asked an seldom gets turned over .

Would go 18-13 and put Ruddock in. Cooney over Marmion. No Scannell, Addison over Conway if fit.

This is what I think Joe will select. I agree with Cooney but Joe doesn't seem to favour him with others fit. Although the limits of the 31 man squad may change that.

The squad limit thing means you can’t bring 3 9s and 3 10s, in 2015 Madigan was the 3rd 9!

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Janny will play against scotland and japan, then wrapped in cotton wool till the qf. Wee joey and AN other will spilt the other games. Conney can sit on the bench for both to allow janny the rest otherwise he needs to get togged out with the possibility of having to come on after 5 mins.